15°  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  Mm  Jour.  Pharm. 
(      31areh,  1910. 
Introductory  Notes. — The  National  Formulary  should  include 
useful  introductory  notes,  comments,  etc. 
Metric  System. — The  metric  system  alone  should  be  employed 
in  giving  the  quantity  or  proportion  to  be  used  in  preparing  the 
various  products. 
Medicinal  Tipples. — All  products  which  bear  any  form  of  stigma 
characterizing  tipples  should  be  eliminated. 
Saccharin. — The  use  of  saccharin  as  a  sweetening  agent  for 
National  Formulary  products  should  be  discouraged. 
Pills. — The  general  direction  for  making  and  coating  pills  should 
be  continued  if  it  is  found  practicable  to  present  the  matter  in  an 
intelligible  form. 
Artificial  Coloring. — The  artificial  coloring  of  official  prepara- 
tions should  be  discouraged;  it  is  desirable,  however,  to  introduce 
one  or  more  formulas  for  preparing  coloring  solutions  to  be  used 
when  called  for  by  prescriptions. 
Preservatives. — Preservatives,  other  than  such  articles  as  alcohol 
and  glycerin,  should  not  be  used  in  pharmaceutical  preparations. 
Basic  Elixirs. — The  introduction  of  several  select  basic  elixirs 
is  recommended. 
Proprietary  Medicines. — Formulas  intended  to  produce  an  imita- 
tion of  some  proprietary  product  should  not  be  included  in  the 
National  Formulary. 
Supplements. — Supplements,  corrections,  and  additions  should 
be  issued  as  the  progress  of  pharmacy  and  medicine  may  demand. 
On  motion,  it  was  agreed  that  the  paragraphs  endorsed  by  the 
members  present  be  submitted  to  the  Committee  on  National 
Formulary. 
Saccharin. — Saccharin  was  discussed  at  some  length,  and  it  was 
suggested  that  because  of  the  wide-spread  use  of  this  article  and 
the  apparent  difference  of  opinion  regarding  the  possibility  of  harm 
resulting  from  its  use,  additional  information  be  sought  regarding 
it,  and  on  motion  of  Mr.  Flemer,  seconded  by  Air.  Hynson,  the 
following  resolution  was  adopted. 
Resolved,  by  the  City  of  Washington  Branch  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  that,  in  view  of  the  extensive  use  of 
saccharin  and  the  possibility  of  harm  arising  from  such  use,  the 
matter  is  referred  to  the  Surgeon-General  of  the  Public  Health  and 
Marine-Hospital  Service  with  the  request  that  it  be  made  the  subject 
of  pharmacologic  investigation.  M.  I.  Wilbert, 
Secretary. 
